Real Estate & Property Law

New Book: At The Cutting Edge 2010: Land Use Law From The Urban Lawyer

By Robert Thomas

The ABA has announced the forthcoming publication of a new book by the State and Local Government Law Section: At the Cutting Edge 2010: Land Use Law from The Urban Lawyer, edited by my colleague Dwight H. Merriam, and which is "[a]n essential resource for practitioners, planning professionals and students, this book provides information and insight into timely issues impacting land use law."

It's not available just yet, but is scheduled for publication on December 31, and is available for pre-order here (the usual discounts for ABA/Section members, and for law student members, apply).

I contributed a chapter, Recent Developments in Challenging the Right to Take in Eminent Domain. I received my advance copy today, and it's a handy little volume that has the latest developments in the law relating to (among other subjects):

• Cellular telecommunications facilities
• Exactions and impact fees
• Trends in green buildings laws
• Ethical issues in land use
• Comprehensive planning
• Public use and pretext in eminent domain (me!)
• Regulatory takings
• Disorderly conduct at public hearings

The full table of contents is here. This is the third year for the Cutting Edge series, and the books are excellent summaries of the year's developments. They make especially good classroom resources when the subject is land use, zoning, planning, and related topics (and, the books are priced waaaay more gently than most law texts).

Full post as published by inversecondemnation on January 27, 2011 (boomark / email).